We
call on the Welsh Assembly to urge the Welsh Government to stop
their proposed planned compulsory microchipping of dogs.
Microchipping of dogs has not been proven to be more effective,
cheaper or kinder to dogs. It has proven to be far more expensive
than normal methods such as tattooing or permanent tags, is
intrusive and brings in to question basic animal rights and ethics.
There is also increasing evidence that chips can cause cancer in
animals. A collar with a tag is by far the easiest and most
effective way of reuniting a dog and its owner- anyone who can read
can use this system. According to campaign groups such as
ChipMeNot, there would also be a real environmental impact from
microchips due to the chips themselves, the need for readers,
batteries for each reader, the computers to administer the database
and so on.